diff --git a/tests/p_abrt-cli/10-abrt-cli-reporting-test.sh b/tests/p_abrt-cli/10-abrt-cli-reporting-test.sh
index d7e9be4..8abeaa4 100755
--- a/tests/p_abrt-cli/10-abrt-cli-reporting-test.sh
+++ b/tests/p_abrt-cli/10-abrt-cli-reporting-test.sh
@@ -5,10 +5,18 @@ TEST_DIR="tests/p_abrt-cli"
 source $TEST_DIR/_lib.sh
 source $TEST_DIR/_CentOSBugTracker.conf
 
+t_Log "Running $0 - test reporting to CentOS Bug Tracker"
+
+# testing if bugs-test.centos.org is reachable for that test ..
+curl --silent -I http://bugs-test.centos.org/my_view_page.php|grep -q "HTTP/1.1 200 OK"
+if [ "$?" -ne "0" ];then
+  t_Log "Mantis test instance doesn't seem reachable ... SKIP"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
 # run only on centos 7 or greater
 [[ $centos_ver -lt 7 ]] && exit 0
 
-t_Log "Running $0 - test reporting to CentOS Bug Tracker"
 
 conf_file="/etc/libreport/events/report_CentOSBugTracker.conf"
 abrt_action_conf_file="/etc/abrt/abrt-action-save-package-data.conf"
diff --git a/tests/p_abrt-cli/5-abrt-cli-test.sh b/tests/p_abrt-cli/5-abrt-cli-test.sh
index 5c27866..b593dbf 100755
--- a/tests/p_abrt-cli/5-abrt-cli-test.sh
+++ b/tests/p_abrt-cli/5-abrt-cli-test.sh
@@ -24,10 +24,18 @@
 TEST_DIR="tests/p_abrt-cli"
 source $TEST_DIR/_lib.sh
 
+t_Log "Running $0 - reporter-mantisbt test suite"
+
+# testing if bugs-test.centos.org is reachable for that test ..
+curl --silent -I http://bugs-test.centos.org/my_view_page.php|grep -q "HTTP/1.1 200 OK"
+if [ "$?" -ne "0" ];then
+  t_Log "Mantis test instance doesn't seem reachable ... SKIP"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
 # run only on centos 7 or greater
 [[ $centos_ver -lt 7 ]] && exit
 
-t_Log "Running $0 - reporter-mantisbt test suite"
 
 rlJournalStart
     rlPhaseStartSetup